The signal to the main start of the Gatchina half marathon was given by the Priorat Palace gun
In Gatchina this morning was a traditional half marathon. The runners ran at distances of 2, 10 and 21.1 km. The main start - half marathon - was given at exactly noon by a shot from a cannon of the Priory Palace.
In Gatchina this morning was a traditional half marathon. The runners ran at distances of 2, 10 and 21.1 km. The main start - half marathon - was given at exactly noon by a shot from a cannon of the Priory Palace.
The founder of the running movement in Gatchina, Anatoly Degtyarenko, made a shot. He recently turned 87.
The ceremony of the midday shot from the historic Unicorn cannon takes place in the Priory Park every Sunday.
Earlier, “MK in Leningrad region” said that the center of Gatchina became pedestrian on November 8 because of the half marathon.
